Why no hashtags in Loomio?
mike_hales
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Please, what's the thinking behind the obvious absence of hashtags in Loomio? I ask, because I do find find Loomio less searchable than I would like - it's so easy to forget where you saw that really interesting comment by so&so. In this thread I'm asking for searching down to comment level rather than thread level. But what about the now near-universal practice of tagging?
Folks . . . are you generally happy with your ability to find things again in Loomio when threads get long, discussion get tangled, memes pop up in numerous places . . . and you find that that particular memory braincell has died?
mike_hales Fri 13 Jul 2018 9:26AM
I do appreciate that the full membership of the group is an unneccesarily large of people to invite. Pardon me. However, I don't know which specific individuals to invite to explore a roadmap question like this? Could there be a group @name for Loomio devs, which can be invited when when asking a question like this? As a standard option in the new-thread invitations drop-down list, maybe? I'd be glad not to be bugging you or James specifically, who are the only two developers whose IDs I happen to know.
Pleased to know that hashtags are a recognised feature, somewhere down the line :)
Robert Guthrie Fri 13 Jul 2018 9:39AM
Just start the thread in the group, people will see it and participate if they're interested
Danyl Strype Thu 19 Jul 2018 10:15PM
Firstly, have you tried just using a standard keyword search? I would appreciate being able to narrow a search to a group, subgroup, or even thread, but the native search function can be remarkably powerful, even as it is. Also, have you tried hashtagging keywords and then searching them? For example, type #hashtag in a comment and then do a search for "#hashtag"?
mike_hales Thu 19 Jul 2018 10:51PM
I had thought of ‘faking’ hashtags as you suggest Strypey. But hadn’t tried it. Thanks for reminding me.
Robert Guthrie · Fri 13 Jul 2018 9:11AM
I'd like to add them.
You don't need to notify everyone in the product group when you start discussions like this. I get that we do to do something further with the UX here but I'd appreciate it if you don't do it in the meantime.